Properties of High Voltage Stress Generated Traps in Thin Silicon Oxides

Author(s):  
R. S. Scott ◽  
N. A. Dumin ◽  
T. W. Hughes ◽  
D. J. Dumin ◽  
B.T. Moore
1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1133-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Scott ◽  
N.A. Dumin ◽  
T.W. Hughes ◽  
D.J. Dumin ◽  
B.T. Moore

1992 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Dumin ◽  
J. R. Maddux

ABSTRACTAfter thin silicon oxide films were stressed at high voltages, two changes occurred in the current-voltage and transient current characteristics of the films. The low-level, pre-tunneling current rose and the transient decay of the current after removal of a voltage pulse changed from an exponential RC time constant decay to a very long decay that was characterized by a 1/t time dependence. Using an extension of the tunneling front discharge model, previously developed to describe the transient changes in the threshold voltages of transistors after avalanche injection or irradiation, the 1/t time dependence was derived. This 1/t transient discharge current was used to determine the density and distribution of the traps inside of the oxide after the high voltage stress. The technique and model used for determining the trap densities and distributions from the transient currents will be described. The model was used to describe the charging of traps in the oxide.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1112
Author(s):  
Yu-En Wu ◽  
Jyun-Wei Wang

This study developed a novel, high-efficiency, high step-up DC–DC converter for photovoltaic (PV) systems. The converter can step-up the low output voltage of PV modules to the voltage level of the inverter and is used to feed into the grid. The converter can achieve a high step-up voltage through its architecture consisting of a three-winding coupled inductor common iron core on the low-voltage side and a half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side. The leakage inductance energy generated by the coupling inductor during the conversion process can be recovered by the capacitor on the low-voltage side to reduce the voltage surge on the power switch, which gives the power switch of the circuit a soft-switching effect. In addition, the half-wave voltage doubler circuit on the high-voltage side can recover the leakage inductance energy of the tertiary side and increase the output voltage. The advantages of the circuit are low loss, high efficiency, high conversion ratio, and low component voltage stress. Finally, a 500-W high step-up converter was experimentally tested to verify the feasibility and practicability of the proposed architecture. The results revealed that the highest efficiency of the circuit is 98%.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 2630-2647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Ting Song ◽  
Huai Wang ◽  
H.S.-H. Chung ◽  
S. Tapuhi ◽  
A. Ioinovici

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